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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001913

Metchley

Metchley is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,442 residents in Birmingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Birmingham
7,442

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,174

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,991

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

33.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

43.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

46.2%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Beeston Town, Broxtowe9,079 residents · 46.7% owned · 36.1% no carChurchill, Oxford7,621 residents · 28.6% owned · 38.1% no carPaddock & Greenhead, Kirklees6,826 residents · 48.7% owned · 37.4% no carArdwick, Manchester10,138 residents · 22.1% owned · 48.5% no carSt Denys, Southampton7,923 residents · 33.8% owned · 33.8% no carCanterbury Central & Westgate, Canterbury11,142 residents · 39.6% owned · 40.0% no car

Most similar within Birmingham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Five Ways South & Calthorpe Park, Birmingham6,710 residents · 35.6% owned · 40.3% no carStirchley North & Selly Park, Birmingham7,828 residents · 54.3% owned · 29.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Metchley

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Private rented34.1%
1,081 households
Owned33.9%
1,076 households
Social rented30.9%
982 households
Shared ownership0.6%
19 households
Lives rent free0.5%
16 households
Metchley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement32.9%
1,044 households
Semi-detached28.1%
891 households
Terraced23.1%
733 households
Detached11.7%
371 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.3%
104 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
21 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Metchley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household43.9%
1,394 households
1 car or van in household37.5%
1,191 households
2 cars or vans in household14.3%
454 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.3%
137 households
Metchley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms31.8%
1,011 households
2 bedrooms27.1%
862 households
1 bedroom21.8%
692 households
4 or more bedrooms19.2%
610 households
Metchley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household45.8%
1,453 households
One-person household39.2%
1,243 households
Other household types15%
476 households
Metchley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household39.1%
1,242 households
2 people in household28.1%
893 households
3 people in household13.5%
428 households
4 people in household11.5%
365 households
5 people in household4.7%
148 households
6 people in household2.1%
66 households
7 people in household0.6%
20 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
11 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Metchley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.9%
1,106 residents
15–2931.5%
2,340 residents
30–4419.8%
1,471 residents
45–6419%
1,417 residents
65 and over14.9%
1,106 residents
Metchley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White56%
4,170 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh22.1%
1,641 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African10.7%
794 residents
Other ethnic group6.1%
452 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.2%
385 residents
Metchley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above46.2%
2,898 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.8%
1,118 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.6%
1,043 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7%
438 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications6.8%
424 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
189 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.7%
167 residents aged 16 and over
Metchley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive48.5%
3,043 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)44.4%
2,790 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student7.1%
445 residents aged 16 and over
Metchley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students24.3%
1,526 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.9%
1,000 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.9%
936 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.7%
795 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.3%
584 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.2%
451 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.9%
434 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers5.9%
370 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.9%
181 residents aged 16 and over
Metchley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.6%
3,693 residents
Good health31.6%
2,353 residents
Fair health12.9%
963 residents
Bad health4.7%
347 residents
Very bad health1.2%
86 residents
Metchley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.6%
6,072 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.4%
1,370 residents
Metchley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension43.8%
1,392 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.9%
1,078 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.5%
523 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.5%
175 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
8 households
Metchley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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